Sometimes Things Don't Happen The Way We Want

While it is always our wish to be able to help all who request help, sometimes things do not work as we hope they will.  I am saddened to tell you that the lady I posted about in my last post, who just had cancer surgery and had so many children depending on her, passed away last Sunday night.  Her friends called on Monday to update us about her.  They told of her passing but had the good news that the children's grandmother wanted them all.  The grandmother lives in Houston and the lady was being taken there to be buried but they were trying to get the children down there.  These friends did not have the finances to get the children to Houston and themselves back home.  Fortunately good people in our congregation were able to buy a gas card with enough on it for them to make the trip and back home.  The friends came to the church and brought some of the children with them.  They were very well behaved and pleasant.  They were, of course, upset at the loss of their mother and the fact that their lives were going to experience a big change.  The friends said that they were also taking the food we had given for the children to the grandmother.  The mother's name was Ms. Johns and if you are reading this I request that you pray for these children and their grandmother.  I am praying that God will bring some better things into their lives.  


On a brighter note, as of today, we have been able to assist 18 families which consist of approximately 87 people to have food on Christmas.  Thank you congregation for your donations which is the only way this would have been possible.  This was our first Christmas food project but we will be continuing through the year to help people and we will be ready next year to handle even more people.